ADMINISTRATIVE LAW United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (2022) Robert Bulka In Inter-Cooperative Exchange v. United States Department of Commerce, 36 F.4th 905 (9th Cir. 2022), the Ninth Circuit held that an agency’s response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request is inadequate where it chooses only three search terms which together are Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Supreme Court of Alaska (2022) Joe Perry In Worker’s Compensation Benefits Guaranty Fund v. Adams, 518 P.3d 280 (Alaska 2022), the supreme court held that a worker’s compensation fund seeking to find an injury non-compensable due to intoxication must show that the worker was intoxicated at the time of the incident, and that Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, CIVIL PROCEDURE Adam Beyer In Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Department of Revenue, 488 P.3d 951 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held that a Department of Revenue advisory bulletin was not a challengeable regulation for the purposes of the state’s Administrative Procedures Act and that the parties’ tax dispute was therefore not ripe. (Id. Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Sasha Kahn In North Slope Borough v. State, Department of Education & Early Development, 484 P.3d 106 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held that when summary adjudication has been stipulated to in an agency proceeding, and therefore no factual dispute is up for debate, the hearing officer need only apply a reasonable basis Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Sasha Kahn In Espindola v. Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc., 486 P.3d 1116 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held that while the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board has authority to weigh the evidence provided by medical opinions, if the Board’s crucial findings are not supported by the record, under the substantial evidence standard, it has Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Peter Graham In Creekside Ltd. Partnership v. Alaska Housing Finance Corp., 482 P.3d 377 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held that a housing developer could not terminate the extended affordability period under its Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program development before the end of the 15-year extended affordability period when a condition of its Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Sloane Bessey In State, Department of Corrections v. Porche, 485 P.3d 1010 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held that records from an unsubstantiated internal agency investigation are exempted from disclosure by the Alaska Open Records Act. (Id. at 1018). In May 2018, Porche was informed by the Department of Corrections (DOC) that he Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Savannah Artusi In Basey v. State, Department of Public Safety, the supreme court held that state employee disciplinary records are confidential and thus exempt from disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act. After being convicted of federal crimes, Basey requested records related to his investigation, including disciplinary records for two Alaska State Troopers. Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Mike Keramidas West v. Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority In West v. Alaska Mental Health Tr. Auth., 467 P.3d 1064 (Alaska 2020), the supreme court held that the Land Office of the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority acted in the Trust’s best interest when it sold five lots of land. (Id. at Continue Reading »
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW EMPLOYMENT LAW Kate Goldberg Baker v. Alaska State Commission for Human Rights In Baker v. Alaska State Commission for Human Rights, 476 P.3d 1120 (Alaska 2020), the supreme court held a commission’s dismissal of a discrimination complaint was not so arbitrary and capricious as to offend due process (id. at 1127) and Continue Reading »
